Indigenous Studies

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science....

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question....

In 1963 – a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide – the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Näku Dhäruk. ‘The land grew a tongue’ and the land-rights movement was born.

For the first time, in Fifth Sun, the history of the Aztecs is offered in all its complexity based solely on the texts written by the indigenous people themselves....

A ground-breaking work—and a call to arms—that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people....

The Power of Silence is Castaneda's most astonishing book to date - a brilliant flash of knowledge that illuminates the far reaches of the human mind. Through Don Juan's mesmerizing stories, the true meaning of sorcery and magic is finally revealed....

Fire from Within is the author's most brilliant thought-provoking and unusual book, one in which Castaneda, under the tutelage of don Juan and his "disciples," at last constructs, from the teachings of don Juan and his own experiences....

In this controversial work, Castanada relays his experiences being challenged by his mentor on his perception of the world and all living things in it....

Indigenous oral narratives are an important source for, and component of, Coast Salish knowledge systems. Stories are not only to be recounted and passed down; they are also intended as tools for teaching.

The First Astronomers is the first book to reveal the rich knowledge of the stars and the planets held by First Peoples around the world....

With The Teachings of Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda chronicled a journey toward enlightenment under the tutelage ofYaqui Indian guru don Juan....

Indigenous author Renee Linklater explores healing and wellness in the Indigenous communities on Turtle Island. Decolonizing Trauma Work is a resource for education and training programs, health care practitioners, healing centers, clinical services and policy initiatives.

World-renowned best-selling author Carlos Castaneda's selection of his writings on the shamans of ancient Mexico....

A comparison between Euro-American attitudes, policies, and history regarding the natural environment to that of ancient native North American beliefs and practices....

So-called Australia is built upon a lie: that 97% of the population are human, and the others simply 'Indigenous', devoid of the same basic rights.

To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory.

Martín Prechtel continues the narrative of his unique life in Santiago, Atitlan in Long Life, Honey in the Heart, an eloquent memoir replete with the subtle intelligence and sophistication of Mayan culture. Set against the dramatic backdrop of Guatemala's political upheaval in the 1980s, this...

Widely hailed as a spiritual classic, this inspirational and unfailingly powerful story reveals the life and visions of the Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk....

In a landmark essay, Stan Grant writes indigenous people back into the economic and multicultural history of Australia....

Compelling and profound, The Lakota Way gives a fresh outlook to those searching for a new perspective on spiritual and ethical living....

The mind-virus behind human self-destruction has a name: wetiko. See it clearly, and it starts to lose power. You see it everywhere: smart people making destructive choices. Companies poisoning their own customers. Nations pouring trillions into war while their people suffer. Social media built...

For over 40 years, Carlos Castaneda’s The Teachings of Don Juan has inspired audiences to expand their world view beyond traditional Western forms....

The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within and beyond the Australian police force....

Soon after Billy Griffiths joins his first archaeological dig as camp manager and cook, he is hooked. Equipped with a historian’s inquiring mind, he embarks on a journey through time, seeking to understand the extraordinary deep history of the Australian continent....

Most of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little Bighorn....